Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-27
DAILY HERALD,
THE CONTEST.
The Scheme Of the Smooth
Republicans.
LING GIVES TT ALL AWAY.
He Tells How dummies" were
Placed in Line by the Repub-
{ licans.

VAn0eVer coutcse was hSouhou peAoi
Notary Owen yesterday, with the attol
news on both sides in attendance. tt
first witness examined was r. A. Lins
ESQ. This gentleman testified that b
was at the White House precinct all da
on election day. The string of voter
ran from 80 to l25. 1t took man fro,
twenty to thirty.five minutes to vot
after getting in line. Voting was muc
slower at the White House precinc
than at any other place. The majorit
of the Board was Republican. The Re
publicon challenger was man name,
Fred Short, and he challenged ever,
man whom he thought was Democrat
II think l know his object, but there ar
good many things connected with thi
matter that don't care to say anything
about. My position was such on tba
day that would prefer not to say yer,
much about it. am Democrat il
politics, but I was little off on some o
the ticket that day.
@ Well, we don't ask you abou
any body so far as the election was con-
cernei except Mr. Lynch. You say yo,
think you know his motives?
A. Well, know a good deal about
it.
@. Well, state what it was.
A. Well, was in different company
than l usually run with, and of course
there is good many things on the other
side I don't suppose it is necessary tc
say anything about now.
@, Well, we are on this motive now,
this challenger.
A. l didn't have any motive myself
in the matter, but then was oognizan,
of what was going on. l don't know
tha5 it will affect me in any way, but if il
does don't know as l want to tell it.
Q. Well, we don't want you to tell
anything that will affect you at all. We
want to know what you know that will
affect others.
A. Well, I was in sort of confer
ence that day with the Republican, 8
down there--the workers; that is ALL
don't want to give the boys away.
@. Well, who were you in conference
with?
A. Wei, 1 got little off; got a
little mad at Hellman because thought
he wanted to bulldose me into something
didn't want to do, through somebody
else, and l kicked out on the treasury
ship q little, and in kicking out on the
treasuryship little l didn't kick out on
the Congressman, more than could
help, of course.
9. Who we're you in conference
with?
A. Well. there was Joe Manning and
Short and MIR. Hammell-young Ham.
mell-and. Mr.. Gard aad few more.
@. These all Republicans?
A. Yes, Fir.
Q. Well, sir, what occurred there?
A. Well, we had little side issue OF
our own there.
Q. Well. what was it? Tell us all
about it.
A.. Well, I don't know as will ever
want to run for Office again. but don't
know as like to tell it exactly.
@. Well, we insist upon an answer.
A. Well, it was only-just the mat
ter was that we thought Hellman was
getting too many votes in there for
Broaded, and we wanted to kind of
head it off; that was all.
@ Well, how did you want to head
it off?
A, Well, the thing was-several
ways to head it off; and l was sort of in
the counsels that day, because l wa
pretty anxious to beat Broaded, and |
wanted to do anything possibly could
to beat him. And in order
to do it, l could not do it by working
with my own party, so had to 60 over
on the other side little. thought L
could do it more effectively that. way.
Q Well, what plans did you arrange
in that conference?
A. Well, can't really call it con.
ference. We kind of got together on one
side, and thought the Democrats were
getting in too many votes, and somebody
suggested that we obstruct the polls
little, in other words that wei had
to do with that; they suggested
Q. Well, who do you mean by
"they"?
A. Well, brother Joe. Manning and
some of the rest of the boys.
@. Republicans?
A. Yes, sir, they were Republicans.
Joe Manning. I don't know how many
there was. There was dozen there
probably, and one Democrat like my
self-a little off. That was Mr.. Berry.
@. What plan did you form to oh.
struct the voting!
A. 1t was not really to obstruct the
voting; it was-Well, I don't know;
they agreed upon plan there among
themselves some way that there were a
lot of "stiffs" there, they called them.
and tramps, you know. You see they
bought them to get in the line and filled
the line up to keep other people from
voting.
G. How many do you suppose were
employed that way?
A. Well, 1 don't know l am sure;
pretty much all dsy-in the forenoon; it
was not SO bad in the afternoon. They
would go to the head and probably give
for instance, the plan agreed upon was
to give wrong name, o wrong number.
That would bother the judges and clerks
-couldn't find them; and they would
want to swear their name in, and that
would all take time. And then when
they were fired off the line they would
90 in foot and get up sgain, sometimes
get up pretty near head, and dodge out
and get in again, or get somewheres;
and all that took time.
@ Do you know whether any of those
parties were paid money or not?
A. Well. could not swear positively
that they got the money. Let me see
of course / am under oath, yes, think
/ do.
@. How many were paid, do you
think?
A. Oh, well, maybe there was a hall
q dozen that IAnow of of my own per.
sonal knowledge. probably.
@. Half dozen. Do you know how
much money they got?
A. think they got four bits apiece
for standing in the line.
@ Now, do yoS know who paid
them?
A. I don't think that it would be fai
to answer that question.
@. Well. do you know whether /